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postcolonialism

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe’s classic novel Things Fall Apart (1958) is often seen as a riposte to European representations of African life and culture, not least for instance Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, which Achebe memorably described as the work of “a … Continue reading →Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb5-2-2013 | Tagged with Achebe, Africa, indigenism, literature, modernity, postcolonialism, Things Fall Apart

Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

Video of lecture by Rob Crawford for the “Remake/Remodel” theme in 2014; also video by Robert Crawford in 2015 for the “Repetition Compulsion” theme.

Posted in lecture, Remake/Remodel, Repetition Compulsion, Rob Crawford, video | Tagged with Africa, C19th, Conrad, England, Enli, imperialism, modernism, novel, politics, postcolonialism, race, violence

Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks

Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks

Video and Powerpoint of lecture by Jon Beasley-Murray for the “Remake/Remodel” theme

Posted in lecture, powerpoint, Remake/Remodel | Tagged with Algeria, C20th, Caribbean, Fanon, France, Freud, hybridity, Jon Beasley-Murray, Lacan, Martinique, philosophy, postcolonialism, psychoanalysis, psychology

Aimé Césaire, The Tragedy of King Christophe, and Derek Walcott, Henri Christophe

Aimé Césaire, The Tragedy of King Christophe, and Derek Walcott, Henri Christophe

Video and Powerpoint of lecture by Jon Beasley-Murray for the “Remake/Remodel” theme

Posted in lecture, powerpoint, Remake/Remodel, video | Tagged with C20th, Caribbean, Césaire, drama, Haiti, Jon Beasley-Murray, literature, Martinique, Melville, postcolonialism, power, ruins, sovereignty, St Lucia, Walcott, writing

Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past

Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past

Video of lecture by Paul Krause for the “Remake/Remodel” theme (2013) and Repetition Compulsion Theme (2014).

Posted in guest, lecture, Remake/Remodel, Repetition Compulsion, video | Tagged with C18th, C19th, C20th, colonialism, Haiti, historiography, history, michel-rolph trouillot, postcolonialism, power, q, race, Slavery, Theory, Trouillot

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